diff --git a/lua/vanilla.lua b/lua/vanilla.lua
index e69de29..46e502b 100644
--- a/lua/vanilla.lua
+++ b/lua/vanilla.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-- Basic stuff
+vim.opt.compatible = false
+vim.cmd("filetype on")
+vim.cmd("filetype plugin on")
+vim.cmd("syntax on")
+vim.opt.number = true
+vim.opt.relativenumber = true
+vim.g.mapleader = ","
+vim.opt.splitright = true
+vim.opt.splitbelow = true
+vim.opt.autoread = true
+
+-- pure optics
+vim.opt.cursorline = true
+vim.opt.hlsearch = true
+vim.opt.encoding = "UTF-8"
+vim.opt.conceallevel = 2
+vim.g.tex_flavor = "latex"
+vim.opt.showmatch = true
+
+-- Spell
+vim.opt.spell = true
+vim.opt.spl = "en_us,de_de"